1965
Royal Institute of British Architects: Professional Practice
examination.

1966
Royal Institute of British Architects: Charter.

1969-80
Postgraduate study at Department of the Near and Middle East, School
of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, under Prof.
Mary Boyce, supervised by Dr. (now Prof.) A.D.H.Bivar. Studied
Turkish, Ottoman, Persian and Art History.

1971
Central Polytechnic, London. Reading course in Russian.

1980
Ph.D. thesis examined by Dr.R.L.Tapper, Dept. of Anthropology,
University of London, and Dr.R.Hillenbrand, Dept. of Fine arts,
University of Edinburgh: described by the latter as "Nothing
short of magisterial".26.6.1980.

Dissertation
1970-1980 The Felt tent in Middle Asia. The Nomadic Tradition and its
Interpenetration with Princely Tentage. Two volumes, 1059 pages text
and 187 plates. Presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the
University of London, Faculty of Arts, School of Oriental and African
Studies, Department of the Near and Middle East: Art and Archaeology.
Accepted for publication in the series Kölner Ethnologische
Mitteilungen, by Prof. U.Johansen, series editor, in 1981. Publication
financed by J.Paul Getty Trust. Published 1999 by Fox Publications (Melisende),
London, as Felt tents and Pavilions. The Nomadic Tradition and its
Interpenetration with Princely Tentage.

1964-66
Architectural assistant with Architects' Co-Partnership, London:
work on design of schools at Gafsa and Sfax in Tunisia. Work on
constructional details for Maudsley Hospital, London, and Hull
University.

1969-80
Department of Architecture, Oxford Polytechnic (now Oxford Brookes
University). Studio supervisor and tutor in architectural design to
students of second and third years, with occasional duties and
assessments in fifth and sixth years. Usually responsible for 10-15
students. Particular responsibility for students specialising in the
Third World and Japan. Regular supervision of historical studies in
these subjects. Introductory lecture course on Islamic Architecture.
Occasional lectures each year on my own research. In 1976 took 50
students on architectural tour of Istanbul and Bursa for ten days.

1977 Made Deputy Director of Historical Studies: I
was offered full responsibility in this position, but refused it as
I wished to have time to complete my own thesis. Accepted
responsibility for measured drawing projects and history theses.
Leave taken for field work in Iran in 1970-71 and 1974.

1981-86
Wissenschaftlicher Angestellter (Research fellow), grade BAT IIa at
the Institut für Völkerkunde, Universität zu Köln, to work on
the Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients (TAVO), SFB 19, compiling a
series of ethnic maps under contract to the University of Tübingen.

1987-89
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Research Collaborator) to Prof. K.Jettmar,
Südasien-Institut, Universität Heidelberg, with sole
responsibility for a survey of village architecture in Indus-Kuhistan
and Northern Areas, Pakistan, focussed on a complete record of the
fortified village of Sazîn, but extending from Pâlus to Hûnza and
Yasîn. Five months field work in 1987, followed by drafting of
plans and collating notes into publishable form. Supervision of
draftsmen in completing further plans of individual buildings and
redrafting of wax rubbings of wood-carving. Contract renewed Feb.
1989 for nine months.

1989-90
Renewal of contract with University of Tübingen, as recommended by
the Assessors of SFB 19, for a further six months to allow the
completion of the book on Nomad Tent Types.

1990-91
Stiftungsprofessur für Islamische Kunst und Archäologie (Endowed
Guest Professorship in Islamic Art and Archaeology), grade C 4, at
the University of Bamberg for six months, until the end of March
1991.

1992-93
Wissenschaftlicher Angestellter (research fellow) at the Seminar für
Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft Zentralasiens (Seminar for the
Languages and Culture of Central Asia), Universität Bonn, under
Prof. K.Sagaster, for book on the nomadic tent forms of Central Asia
in their cultural context.

1994-97
Contract renewed for continuation of project with emphasis on the
reasons for variations within this clearly defined regional dwelling
type. In progress. Universität Bonn until 2.8.97, thereafter transferred to the
Lehrstuhl für Türkische Sprache und Kultur, Universität Bamberg,
under Prof. K.Kreiser. Upgraded to BAT Ib from 1.4.97 at Bonn,
confirmed Bamberg. Work in progress.

1990-01
Project part II as comparative study of Central Asian tent
vocabularies, University of Bamberg, from 30.3.99 for two years.

1999 -2000 At the suggestion of the publisher prepared, with the assistance of R.Benninghaus, a revised edition of Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey, which led to the reissue of the original book as vol.i, and the preparation of new material as vol.ii, with an index to both volumes, bringing the book up to date. Approved by TAVO but unpaid.

2002-3
Renewal of project on Central Asian tents: typology, comparison and
formal relationships, for University of Bamberg, from 1.06.02 for 18
months under Prof. K.Kreiser (Turcology) and Prof. M.Schuller (Building
Researrch and Building History), with continuing support from Prof.
K.Sagaster, University of Bonn (Central Asia).

2004-5
Renewal of
project on Central Asian tents: typology, comparison and formal
relationships, for University of Bamberg, from 1.09.04 for 6 months.

2005-6
Continued work on this project unpaid. Resume work on Nomad tent
Types in the Middle East, part II, velum tents, with support from
the Barakat Trust, Oxford, from 01.04.05 for 1 year.

1980-97
Continued specialisation in Islamic architecture with a series of
articles on India and Pakistan, with reference to influences from
Iran and central Asia; also with work on symbolism in seminars.

2006 Honorary Research Fellow, University of Bristol, advising on project on the Alevi community in Turkey for the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology (in progress 2016).

2016 Work for the Mehrangarh Museum Trust, Jodhpur, India, drawing on the material gathered in 1980-81, preparing a book on the Indian tentage outside the collection at Ahmedabad, with drawings based on tracings by Mrs M.Andrews (in progress 2016).

1970
Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal: Iran: Yomut Türkmen collection for
travelling exhibition in 1971. Now dispersed to the British Museum
(Museum of Mankind), the Horniman Museum, and the City Art Gallery,
Manchester.

1977* "The Tents of Timur. an examination of the reports of the Qurıltay of 1404 at
Samarqand", in Arts of the European Steppelands, Percival David colloquy VII,
University of London, S.O.A.S., by invitation.

1979* "The Felt Tents of Central Asia: the Turkish Contribution" at the VIth International Congress of Turkish Art, Universität München.

1980* "Conservation of Ideas in Nomadic Architecture", in Conservation of Building in Developing Countries, Oxford Polytechnic. By invitation.

1980* "The Turco-Mongol Context of Some Objects Shown in the Istanbul Album Paintings", in Between China and Iran: a Group of Paintings in Four Albums in Istanbul, Percival David Foundation Colloquy X, University of London. By
invitation.

1980* "Some Aspects of Türkmen Costume", in Tribal Rugs and Costumes of Iran,
Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh. By invitation.

1980* "Türkmen Tents", at the IIId International Conference on Oriental Carpets,
Washington D.C. By invitation.

1981 "Turkic Rugs: Some Speculation on Origins", at the spring symposium of the Turkish Areas Study Group, SOAS, University of London. By invitation.

1982 "The Anatolian Trellis Tent in the Wider Türkmen Context", at the IVth International Conference of Turcology, Istanbul University. By invitation.

1983* "The Culmination of the Islamic Double Dome Form in Hindustan", in
Common Principles, Forms and Themes of Islamic art, symposium organised by
IRCICA and UNESCO, Istanbul. By invitation.

1983 "Kurdish Tribes and their Rugs in Eastern Turkey and Northwest Iran", at the
IVth International Conference on Oriental Carpets, London.
"Rugs and Tent Furniture of the Shahsevän of Azärbaijan" for the International Symposium on the Art of Oriental Carpets, Baku. By invitation. Not delivered
through Soviet maladministration.

1984 "The Idea of Space in the Ottoman Home", at the spring symposium of the
Turkish Areas Study Group, SOAS,University of London. By invitation.

Numerous (uncounted) lectures in the UK from 1967-1980 by invitation at, for example:

The Horniman Museum, London; the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; the Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal; the Newcastle Art Gallery; the Lewes Art Gallery; the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh; the Farnham College of Art; the Goldsmiths’ College of Art, London; the Architectural Association, London; the Bartlett School of Architecture, London University; the Islamic Art Circle, S.O.A.S., London: and the Rug and Textile Society of Great Britain (on some six occasions).